Global warming could affect water supplies in North: researcher

A changing climate may someday shrink water supplies in Arctic communities, said a researcher at a climate symposium in Iqaluit.

Less snow in the winter and less rain in the summer, combined with warmer temperatures and higher winds that increase evaporation rates, raise concerns about the future of water supplies in the already semi-arid Arctic, said Paul Budkewitsch of Natural Resources Canada.

“And [it] at least raises the question, ‘Well, are we going to have enough water?’ The answer is probably yes,” Budkewitsch said Wednesday, on the last day of a symposium in the Nunavut capital on adapting to climate change.

“But the question is, how long is that answer going to be yes? Is it many, many years into the future, or is it a few years into the future?”

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Source: CBC Canada

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